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The Uncommon Man

THE UNCOMMON MAN

I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can.

I seek opportunity - not security. I do not wish to be a kept citizen, humbled, dulled, by having the State look after me.

I want to take the calculated risk; to dream and to build; to fail or succeed.

I refuse to barter incentive to a dole.

I prefer the challenges of life to the guaranteed existence; the thrill of fulfillment to the calm state of Utopia.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

I will never cower before any master nor bend to any threat.

It is my heritage to stand erect, proud and unafraid; to think and act for myself; to enjoy the benefits of my creation, and to face the world boldly and say - This I have done with my own hand,

I am a man. I am an American.

Update From the workbook: The Honorable Dean Alfange was an American statesman born December 2, 1899, in Constantinople (now Istanbul). He was raised in upstate New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I and attended Hamilton College, graduating in the class of 1922.

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wombat said 3 months ago ...

This I will have to copy and save, if you don't mind.

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

Not mine....go for it!

Pretty good huh?

wombat said 3 months ago ...

Well, I have control issues.....

sean_renaud said 3 months ago ...

Cute. It's uplifting even if it's double think bs that anybody with a brain would rip to shreds but most motivationals are.

Who wrote it?

feather said 3 months ago ...

Lol! You don' t like to do your own homework, do you sean? I'll give you a hint, one of the founders of the New York Liberal party......a statesman......

sean_renaud said 3 months ago ...

I shouldn't have to do my own home work. If you have a point and I ask you to provide proof you should. I shouldn't be doing your homework. It's my job to provide your proof. In this case it's called plagerism when you don't give the author credit. I was simply assuming what you've just confirmed. That D6fer didn't write this himself.

feather said 3 months ago ...

D6fer said he didn't write it himself. I don' t need to do my own homework because I already know who wrote it. No curiousity and no sense of humor.

sean_renaud said 3 months ago ...

Not in the original post he didn't which is where it should have been. More to the point he's still no crediting the original author. Plenty of curiosity but when you bring me a quote I should ask you not go looking. There is nothing funny about anything here so it's my lack of a sense of humor it's you're just not funny.

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

I actually don't know who wrote it either....I heard it the other day and then googled it....I never found the author.

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

Found it....happy sean? have a snickers...you're getting a little bitchy! ;)

feather said 3 months ago ...

I guess the liberal party has changed, huh?

Who just posted a squirrel video without crediting the maker of said video?

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

I find it incredibly ironic that I stumbled across this and the dude was a liberal!

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

I removed your comment sean. feel free to repost the general point, but she doesn't deserve that kind of commentary.

sean_renaud said 3 months ago ...

Does to. Also I called Reck on this earlier and while your decision would ultimately have been supported by Reck or probably a less annoyed in general me the reportee should not be the moderator. It sets a bad precedent about us just getting rid of stuff we don't like.

The Republicans were the liberal party until relatively recently. I believe around the 1920's. Liberal wasn't always a bad word in this country. That's just one of those things that happened with the Cold War is we glomped a bunch of things together that aren't really related.

d6fer said 3 months ago ...

glomped a bunch of things like liberalism, progressiveness, and communism?

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